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The families of these two poor cockatoos thought they could.

Maybe you want to think again?

Feather plucking in our pet cockatoos and other parrots is such an emotive subject. No-one wants to think it is their fault. We all look for reasons as to why our birds are feather plucking and/or self mutilating.

Reasons can be many and varied. Such as health related. The parrot may not be getting an adequate varied diet.

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Or maybe stress related. Is you parrot happy in its environment? Are you sure? Being unhappy about a dog constantly walking past, or being placed in front of a window possibly, are all potential reasons for a parrot to pluck its feathers.

Whatever the reason(s) for feather plucking (and you may not ever truly know why) one thing is for certain. We cause it. Yes - us wonderful pet owners who think we are doing everything right. Well of course we obviously are not if the parrot is plucking are we?

Something we are or are not providing in its life is always the cause of the problem. Birds only pluck and/or self mutilate if something is not right in their lives - their way of showing us I suppose.

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